Leeds Tapestry 2000
Leeds Tapestry is a community arts project embroidered to celebrate themillennium, consisting of 16 panels of needlework in a fabric collage. This fibre art piece not only includes traditional stitches including rag rugging, goldwork, stumpwork, couching, needleweaving and patchwork but also newer methods of embroidery such as computerized machine embroidery, printing on fabric and using vanishing muslin. The first 15 panels were unveiled at Harewood House for a summer exhibition and are now on display at The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds until September 2004. The fiberart panels illustrate Leeds heritage and should be on the agenda of visitors when contemplating what to see in Leeds.
http://leedstapestry.org.uk/